Koodner



S. ROODNER Aug. 15, 1950 UNDERGARHENT Original Filed April 18, 194'! v INVENTOR. fiylc/m Rooalner ATTORNEYS Reissued Aug. 15, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT" o FFICE UNDER'GARMENT Sylvia Boodner, NeWY-ork, N. Y.

Original N0. 2;470L901, dated'May- 24,- 1949, Serial No; 742,363, April 18, 1947 Application. for

reissue February13, 1950,Serial No. 143386 Matter enclosed in heavy brackets If Iappears in the' original patent but forms no part ofthis reissuespecification; matter printedinitalics indicates theadditionsmade-by reissue 6 Claims.

This invention relates to a new and improved ladyfs undergarment, andmore particularly to an undergarment comprising a separate skirt or slip portion anda separate brassiere portion, saidslipor skirt portion andbrassire portion beinginterconnected at the central front portion of said undergarment.

Among the objects of the invention is the-provision of anundergarme'nt having. separate,.interconnected brassiere and skirt portions which will conform to the body of the wearer and which will permit free and unconstricted movement to thebodyv and arms of the wearer without displacement and without ridingup or down on the body of the wearer.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an undergarment of the character indicated having a slip portion terminating at approximately the waistline of the wearer and provided with an elastic band therearound to retain said slip portion in adjusted position, a brassiere portion being disposedabove the slip portion and spaced therefrom, said brassiere portion being,

interconnected with said. slip. portion by a connectin panel at the front-of the undergarment in such a manner-as to substantially preventupwarddisplacement or riding. of the slip-portion Such eliminationof one pair of shoulderstrapsaffords greater comfort to" the wearer.

Another object of the invention is the provision ofa single undergarment' which, while combiiiing'both the functions of a slip and brassire, is" ideally suited for wear'in warm weather, by reason of the spacing of the brassire portion above the top of the slip portion at the waistlineof the wearer, exceptat the interconnecting panel disposed at the central front portion of the undergarmentj said interconnecting panel concealing the corset'or'girdle that may be worn;

The foregoing objects as well as additional objects and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent in thecours'e of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, which'illustr'ate pre ferred embodiments'ofthe invention, and Where Fig. 1 isa front elevation of an undergarment' embodying the features of the invention;

Fig.- 2.15s; rear view partly inelevation'arid partly inperspective; of the" undergarment of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3' is a sectional view taken on line 3"3of Fig.

Fig. 4' is'a sectional viewtaken'on line 4-40? Fig. 5 is a sectional-view taken on line 5 Fig; 6 isairagmentary ,view of a modified form of undergarment which, while embodying the features and advantages of the inventiom has' contiguous slip and brassire portions adapting the undergarment for wear in-avei'ageor cold weather.

In the drawing, the brassi''re portion of the undergarment is generally indicated by the reference' letterB and the slip or skirt portion" is generally 'indicatedbyth'e letter S.-

Brassiere B maybe of any suitable'design and carries the usualsupporting shoulder straps I0 Sliporskirt portion S comprises a main body panel H Whichismad'e from a single blank of material in'w-hich themedian line of the main body-portion is on the bias and the upper frontside edges'are on the"straight of the material, thatis, parallel to the warp [and weft respectivelyl Informing the main body panel I l, the single blank of material is folded on the bias formingsubstanti'ally a triangle with the two -adjacent free: side edges on the straight of the material, tIie folded sideed'ge on the bias and two adjacentfr'eelower' edges. The'material is then cut .conc ve fromthe' free side edges to the folded edge, near the apex, to form thewaistline, then the free' side edges near the lower edges are cut at a slight' anglefrom the straight side edges to the lower edges and then the lower portion of the f'oldedmaterial is cut convex from'the free side'edges to a predetermined point near the lowerendof the folded edge toform the hem line.

skirtison-the straight, and that part which becomes the back of the skirt is-onthe bias, when:

the'cut blank is" assembled into skirt form.

A's clearly indicated in Fig. 3, by cutting panel ll from asingle piece of material toform the body of"skirt"po'rtion S, thepresence of side seams- Iiithis manner, that partof thematerial so cut'which becomes the front portion of the *to the body of the wearer.

is eliminated. Said panel I I is cut to present, at the front of skirt portion S, a pair of upwardly divergent edges I2 extending from a point I3 above the bottom edge of slip portion S to the upper edge of said slip portion at approximately the waistline of the wearer. The edges of panel II below point I3 at the intersection of edges I2 are substantially vertical and may be stitched together along line I I to partially form slip portion S.

An intermediate front panel I5 having a pair of upwardly divergent edges I6 may be secured to main panel II by stitching each edge I6 to a respective edge I2 of said main panel. Intermediate front panel I 5 serves additionally as a connecting panel for the brassiere portion B of the undergarment in a manner-to be fully described and is provided with an extension I! extending upwardly above the top edge of slip portion S. Panel I5 is preferably formed with an outer layer I5a and an inner layer I5b as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Main body panel II is preferably provided at the top edge thereof with an elastic band or strip IB for supporting and maintaining slip portion S in adjusted position on the body of the wearer.

Brassiere portion B of the undergarment is preferably spaced from and connected with slip portion S by means of upward extension I! of panel I 5. Asshown in Figs. 1 and 2, this may be conveniently accomplished by stitching outer layer I5a of said extension to the outside of brassiere B and stitching inner layer l5b tothe inner face of said brassire.

The manner in which brassiere portion B and slip portion S are interconnected by means of panel I5, which forms a part of the body of the slip, and its extension I! is an extremely important feature of the invention and combines with the other features of the invention to prevent upward displacement or riding of slip portion S and downward displacement of brassire portion B while allowing free and. unconstricted movement Thus, by providing an interconnecting panel I5 having an upward extension I1 and a pair of diver-gent edges extending far down into the body of slip portion S, any upward pull which might be exerted on said slip portion is diffused and distributed over a large area rather than localized at a point on the top edge of said slip portion with the practical result, as observed in wearing the undergarment, that there is no upward displacement of slip portion S or downward displacement of brassiere portion B. v

In addition to the inherent advantages of the design and construction of the undergarment residing in the provision of a separate brassire portion B spaced from and interconnected with slip portion S to afford a greater degree of freedom of motion to the wearer, the arrangement ideally adapts the undergarment for use in warm weather by having free the midrifl' of the wearer.

The modification of the invention illustrated in Fig. 6 is similar in all respects to the embodiment initially described except that the space =between the top edge of the slip portion S and the bottom edge of brassiere portion B has been reduced until said edges are substantially contiguous. This is accomplished by widening elastic waist band I8 of slip, portion S. This form of the invention adapts the undergarment for use in average or cold weather by covering the midriif of the wearer while retainin the advantages of the undergarment which have .been elaborated hereinabove. In addition, the widened elastic 4 waist band I8 of Slip s serves to properly hold the midriff section of the wearer thereby preventing any bulges and eliminating the necessity of a long brassire.

Since certain modifications may be made in the undergarment of the invention without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the foregoing description and shown in the accompanying drawing be interpreted merely as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

1. An undergarment of the character described comprising a brassiere portion and an attached skirt portion, said skirt portion comprising a main body panel and an intermediate wedge shaped front panel, said main body panel comprising a fabric section in which the median line is on the bias and the upper side edge portions are on the. straight of the material and positioned at the front of the garment, the said upper side edge portions diverging upwardly toward the waist line of the garment and attached to the side edges of the intermediate wedge shaped front panel, the lower side edge portions of the main body panel being secured together below the wedge shaped front panel.

2. An undergarment in accordance with claim 1 characterized by said wedge shaped panel hav- 3!) at the waist line, and means for supporting the upper edge of the main body panel at the waist line in spaced relation to the lower edge of the brassiere portion. I

4. A garment of the character described com-- U prising a brassire portion and an attached skirt 40- portion, said skirt portion comprising a main body panel portion and an intermediate wedgeshaped front panel connected with the brassire portion, said wedge-shaped front panel being positioned at the front of the garment with the 45' lateral edgesthereof'diverging upwardly from a point in the lower portion of the skirtportion toward the waist line of the garment and attached to the main body panel.

5. A garment of the character described comprising a brassire portion and an attached skirt portion, said skirt portion comprising a main body panel and an intermediate wedge-shaped front panel connected with the brassiere portion, said wedge-shaped front panel being positioned at the front of the garment with the lateral edges thereof diverging upwardly from a point spaced above the lower edge of the garment, said main body panel comprising a fabric section withlaterally spaced opposing inner side edges of the upper portion of said body panel joined directly to the diverging lateral edges of the wedge-shaped front panel and with the inner edges of the lower portion of saidbody panel joined. directly together below the front panel by a seam extending downwardly from thepoint of the wedgeshaped front panel substantially to the lower edge of the garment.

6. A garment of the character described comprising a brassire portion and an attached skirt portion, said skirt portion comprising a main body panel and an intermediate wedge-shaped front panel, said wedge-shaped front panel being positioned at the front of the garment with the lateral edges thereof diverging upwardly from a point spaced above the lower edge of the gar- 23,255 5 6 ment, said main body panel comprising a fabric REFERENCES CITED section with laterally spaced opposing inner side The following references are of record in the edges of the upper portion of said body panel fi joined directly to the diverging lateral edges of 18 of thls patent or the ongmal patent the wedge-shaped front panel and with the inner 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS edges of the lower portion of said body panel Number Name t joined directly together below the front panel 2305 Goodman May 26, 1936 by a seam extending downwardy fr m the point 2,056,025 Thomas Sept. 29, 1936 of the wedge-shaped front panel sub t n y t 2,062,150 Sussberg Nov. 24, 1936 the lower edge of the garment, said front panel 10 2 23 933 Stegman June 16, 1942 ewtending upwardly above the waist line of the garment and joined to the brassire portion.

SYLVIA ROODNER. 

